I understand why we can’t see stars during the day: the sun illuminates the atmosphere and effectively blots them out. But why can’t we see low earth orbit satellites, which are not exactly “outside” the atmosphere? If they’re inside, shouldn’t we see them reflecting sunlight back to us?

  • xia@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I recall seeing one of these hyper-zoom videos on yt where they zoomed into the blue sky and at one point it turned black and stars appeared. I imagine the same holds true for LEO sats… you just need to get past that isoluminescnce barrier?

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 months ago

      videos on yt where they zoomed into the blue sky and at one point it turned black and stars appeared

      This doesn’t sound realistic to me. Could you share a link to the video?